Puzzle



(No Model.)

L. S. MARKEL.

PUZZLE. No. 589,132. Patented Aug. 31,1897.

a i I /a WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' LIZZIE S. MARKEL, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,132, dated August 31, 1897. Application filed July 8, 1896. Serial No. 598,470. (No model.)

To all whom it may cortoern:

Be it known that I, LIZZIE S. MARKEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Puzzles, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to puzzles, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class. which is. simple in construction and which I call The American Flag Puzzle, a further object being to provide a puzzle which, while being simple in construction, is difficult of solution, but the solution ofwhich may be accomplished by the exercise of care, skill, and ingenuity in the manipulation thereof.

The'invention is fullydisclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved puzzle, and Fig. 2 a section thereof on the line 2 2.

In the practice of my invention I provide a box or casing which consists of a plate or board 5, having vertical end pieces 6 and vertical sides 7, and arranged in one corner of the box or casing thus formed is a rectangular space 8, in which is formed a plurality of circular cavities or chambers 9, which are preferably forty-five in number and which are also arranged in longitudinal and transverse rows, and arranged longitudinally of the box or casing are a plurality of vertical partition plates 10, which are preferably twelve in number, seven of which begin at the left-hand end of the box or casing and extend almost the entire length thereof, terminating at a short distance from the righthand end of the box or casing, so as to form a transverse space or chamber 11, and the remaining five begin at the inner end of the rectangular space 8 and extend to the space 11, and between said vertical partition-plates 10 are longitudinal spaces or chambers 12, which are thirteen in-number, and the general design of the box or casing is, as will be seen, that of the American flag. I also provide a plurality of balls or spherical bodies solution of the puzzle consists in manipulating the device so as to lodge one of the balls or bodies in each of said cavities or chambers, the object in this solution being alsoto preferably lodge each ball or body in the cavity or chamber which is similarly designated or. which bears a letter, number, or other character similar to that on the ball or spherical body lodged therein.

My improved puzzle is designed to entertain and amuse the young, as well as those of mature years, and is well adapted to accomplish the object for which it'is intended, and my invention is not limited to the material employed nor to the size of the box or casing, and I reserve the right to make all such alterations in and modifications of the construction herein described as fairly come within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new articleof manufacture a puzzle and near the corner thereof surrounded by.

the said vertical wall and arranged in longitudinally-extending and transversely-extending rows, a plurality of partition-plates arranged longitudinally across the said box,

chambers and bearing numbers correspondence of the subscribing witnesses, this 8th ing to other numbers placed adjacent to said day of June, 1896.

cavity and adapted to enter the same all of r r 1 the said parts being combined substantially as LMAIE MARKEL' and for the purpose setforth and described. Vitnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as AMALIA BRUN, my invention I have signed my name, in pres- BYRON STILWELL. 

